Police are renewing appeals for vigilance after more reports were received of fraud involving scammers phoning the public purporting to be from computer broadband and search engine providers. In a single case this week alone, a victim in the Mid-Ulster area was defrauded of £21,000. Speaking to Newry Times, Superintendent Simon Walls said, […]
Three Ways Youth Group kicked off their fundraising efforts for the year ahead by recently hosting a successful coffee morning in Three Ways Community Centre, Newry. The 15 young people who organised the event are participants of a positive, informal personal and social development youth programme which has been in existence for over 15 years […]
Detectives in Newry have welcomed the sentencing of 26 year old Robert Tasker and 25 year old Antoin McCooey at Newry Crown Court today, Monday 18 June. Both men were found guilty at Newry Crown Court on Wednesday 25 April 2018 by a jury of robbery, kidnapping, threats to kill and assault, earlier this year. […]
JMK Solicitors are celebrating after being awarded the prestigious Lexcel Quality Mark for the legal profession. The Belfast and Newry-based legal firm, who are Northern Ireland’s leading road traffic and personal injury firm, were awarded the Quality Mark following a rigorous assessment process. The scheme is administered by the Law Society of Northern […]
Items including plastic and glass bottles, fast food cartons, tyres and even a discarded vacuum cleaner were among the rubbish collected by volunteers from Warrenpoint Port during a clean-up of the town’s beaches recently. Sixty volunteers including staff, customers and their family and friends, collected more than 25 bags of rubbish from beaches between Narrow […]
Warrenpoint Port is to invest £3 million in the purchase of a new crane and the refurbishment of two further cranes at the harbour. The investment, which will significantly improve efficiency and increase capacity, forms part of a major drive to facilitate continued growth in trade at Northern Ireland’s second largest port. Speaking […]
A large crowd of fashionistas turned on the style at 2018 Summer Ladies Day at Navan Racecourse on Saturday 2 June. Corinna Hynes from Sligo was the best-dressed lady. Her outfit is from online boutique Lavish Alice and her hat was designed by Louise Burke. Geraldine Sheppard from Newry, Carol O Connor from […]
It was a successful evening for Newry businesses at the fourth annual Business Eye First Trust Bank Small Business Awards, known as the BEFTAs, which recently took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, hosted by television personality Marc Mallett. The awards, which are organised by Business Eye magazine and supported by First Trust Bank, shine […]
Police in Newry are renewing an appeal to the public for their help in locating missing 44-year-old man Thomas Harte. Thomas was last seen in the Hill Street area of the city in the early hours of Sunday, 10 June. He is described as being 5’6″ in height of medium build with brown […]
Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has said that future broadband investment must prioritise rural areas. The South Armagh MLA made her comments following the recent Broadband Report launch at Stormont. Speaking to Newry Times, she said, “Rural areas are disadvantaged in terms of access to high speed broadband. “As a […]
